The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-19
which were distributed among 100000 OF


which were dlstiTbnted among 1oo'ooo Vi
the suffering and aesItlte. H.
BIT tiie greatest ,iahtse llls DseH ~ t-t'
want, qesutntloh ahH suIleIliS VI VI? PC" I
pie. Many thou.and5 nave DeeIi lihp"i5gheu
by the r09i, ana tor iOhs allG He;.fy oaSs
have AV@d III priFauoi' cEo"uiu III auSatf
and gin horses, on fafts, Oh the rgoI Ed u
WONDERFUL mas beeh tA"lr eHtturaitct "'Ia 20
tiCnt their suffering Inc iaTe OF iol'ic tl.s
kept many tnls ;ihpilrpiie1 "alsltE ~ az
indication OF me FMhsiaehte oi tng I'm T. NJ
Those who 2onght 81! ~ n Llie III
only left wen Itlt tWeiiPtS " ,.d o,s and
by the slightest @..ita';gh 81 ,,ts ~ inn5e-
%Aeh ING u4tEtI va t nm -; -; oil ti,:s
date ~ ms ss4 nj bag hen
rum ana de$iTuti1"h, ~ I,or snoi y
m2rcltll, ai1 me loss oi ne iits pSh
stated to the Helltrtl As'eIpiptS e. o. 10 ~
year It Was beyond the power u !llt o t,I,, ~
build ieYees strong ene'!ih ny ilEI u,
70 resist thf lu5 cue u ana go +he,, no os
~ had % DI Goiie' Iii tS@ether on the
Sisance a. ANIu. Caiigii 20 10 va ra,,ra
19th OF JuhP, l"2.' az aTI+!ts I;"tr;cts a,d
sentative citizcLa pi ny aiIu'l @ iii II ,i
Tepress'tye drdctlv intey,estad i,
Eoils 5i,i eo+ ~. ig' io u'Ee IrGrsa dimes If
Iehullnile si.G Ill ino,yn Tbar r.,e
1iIi1 colveilSodl ~ "rdi ,,,;I5;ni: tL Iavos
an interest ~ y ~ E' tha nsorio
an enthusiasm t!lHIa|t '.IImnS "a" -
The state, luiglGs.s, CoLpoI mSa"di' a,,, I
nn5Iy e GIlI'1Ii 2ii'en a. Ton MorGeMZa
WIN a Help i mSilH, ~ tle'iIrs p0ri
jnlhe5 CSiic, or92 - 81 va - - itaas NJ
AAeIi' Cuttol"uo,. l,ei o,a t CT oi' ~ "
~ rtreots for Ieyen
bS ni!e 2s,l'I 80. h. ~ $50 70 1as4 md
consIFiicuoh WIZ e.; ~ iSo :" ~
all OF {hen were iailul my e,tS','S,i' 1'41
work done uudee theHe c2nli"G,S aia'om!iieS,
10 Low 'uItya ia -, 10 Io ,,a,,aiJ III
were damlged were aiso lep%ileu. nsaF
TSte hgm IN itionsI nigbt,nI "oyer
Dut lhc aAiast wac i"l W. gitt' ~, ~ I 700
because "l eiIG W M to 81
tAG N.Y. e'asu ~ ,,rr.nnnI IN fhe;rra-
dltloilal htroii III - III 'iIeli le-
poIL ths bohIs :. W t-,l 49, u ss'S ',ro III
bi!t however sIGaGt We hHs V@ u, Siie
s,t"ttoi,, we HI ''e ~ e,s in
Llat s.le gtsia ~ " IA, At tb
I tiS ~" VI ~ All -, and hat the
ueclit VI VIA noI ~ ~" H.
9res9 %S ' W.T. t't t,n i tb" If two
dep'h aho daulaSL's tllCCt tilaLi ILtp W W. :,
years ago. or many 2ihefe thsG pfeetteo D.
The leyees above the lhelths o. '.le ,.d hTl
river mad b2en coiiStfiis.Ed III ioI il,i SfaIS
TOO low ana tnGse neow were IT. IT,. e ~
The leyee WORK cohpiet&td ai:n n,iI Is! a
since 1854 alnoontea 10 iiIty't,Ji. .iil,gS ~
my fse1 AMI n,e s I'D jr%e The Smery Of IN
81 HiIIeGi iiilrn oltt II ~
Gl;iiauat Gi III oeos s COZ fnr was
SUN G1lti'i1su, np,,,,.%,,tnn ~ c,fi
completed ~ inc J9iilt H., " FL GU,
ZeilS oi Ath"iiss' "
COMMISSION, sl@eesi nitl.a ~ i,i' 80. Va cit.
tending rom amos D4you ~ arhoHn 49, 49,
cioslng numerous ,l D,t.
xhe htkan T aug III iaHfS9 yp is, cn
Ii9ii W In, az 30 n,tiow WIN Fornnrjv
siderable patt OF IHe 3yeE 10Y .a disfri
sgIe pati VIC gu ~. bnin cnsod either
a. AZ w. R;,or C%moission or fbc State and a
enI ~, ire ~ lnvnn will extend from Ar
GohipletS my " t ~ CIR "lii '''ti' 'A'
kansas a tlts 10 thG I'LL IN M oro,.aor,
There was no hlSh watetEno oEeinom-
from - 10 -, ahd all OF thls tInie vas IA,
HoIaole los elcea iGst1 w t 'S
Term OF once ma haTe i ~ Sn,i WIN H"o
pstttnoms 9 III WV a. Nv tinn .inca tha
Deter Soo nan t az S N{ ' abont tb I
wal: lhls ~; Cost tiie ptasc apouv .l 1,s
mlllons OF doilafs, ana win Iiiis amour mas
been accomplished Nhat, my pfs'iec ?fis
1aled 10 90 WIN 1IelYe aiit. oneIat hit ~
There may DE, from tfie nesltcS oi iIcai
auth0rlues, some partlal a'aater; nus l
think can eonhGehtiy say th&s nc snen ,s @is-
aster as ., ana " VIII eyei oGGul asa!ii;
All along me me the IeFees nave nieh rf t,.
anu strengtaeHeq SO s 70 De h az leSt1 from f
TWO u thiee iee' "po'o WIG AiehV0' ""'eA
gauge; -,o,5oa ;,,o tho -
Work mas also neen extended INTO tiie III
terror. Tho Closing this year OF Iayous haf-
Gey ana honge peffectS the sFsIeni OF ieVees
from West Melville 70 fhe heaa OF me Atcfa-
Ialaya, west Dank, WIN tIe e4ception OF u
II n,tl,i
yards of earth. which will be closed ut an
early day. The best evidence as to amount
and character of ieyee work done since
1890 IL the unanimous testimony of those
more immedia,ely interested in levee pro.
faction.
Rnt we Gre toId that there has been no adj
vance in leyee building because the laws are
The same. and that the present levee laws
were enacted during the administration of
Gov. Nichols But there have been altera-
tons in the system, and very important; new
districts have been organized aAd an opp0r-
tunity given to these Districts to tax them
selves for local levee purposes, aud gives
them what have long urged as q necessity,
local care, supervision and protection of the
change change in the leves laws, and that they
are Just the same they were years ago,
were the laws self-opGrating? Did they by
their mere existence provide the money to
build leyees, to repair and to reconstruct.
From the quotation cited above you will see
that they were not sufficient, and that some
means had to be devised, just az i'll the case
of the Charity Hospital, to raise the money.
l have explained how this was done. A man
may have very perfect steam engine, but
there must be some external force to put it in
operation. Without this, it vail remain idle,
rnst and not serve the purposes of its crea-
ton. If he has not got coal and wood to
raise steam, he must summon his energy and
sr,,rr, ,,,>,,xcr,
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In 1879, in his message to the General
Assembly, Gov. Nichols stated:
The condition of the general fund Of the
yesr 1 80 os 1nrin% 1877 Tba n,,a5t, nm
ri coIlect;nns hsp been in,deousta to meet
fbs varTonis "a draw, ,,nSer he annponrioU
Hons mis- state Of ,ffa;ra hss led 70 COW
si,,eTable hardship and loss'n The reasons re- SONS
alleged are the aySernir the radncti" 1' nf
fbe general fnnd fay from 4 to Ok nils
without n CORRESPONDING rednction in appro.
:,'s " W. rs ~ "pPA'-